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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-30
HEROIC MISSIONARIES

rte brand wesk Acooapalshsd ~ ma
ne mark Coatlnsat.
The fippant paragraph is hardly the
Mace nor is its usual style the proper
tone,in which to mentaon the killing
and eating Of another missionary In
Central Africa The brave and sincere
men who are carrying Christianity
into the heart Of the dark continent
are engaged In no humorous occupa'
ton, and the fate Of such Of them o.
fsll victims to the savagery OF native
monarchs and people is too solemn iol
Jest.
Middle-aged n,en not many years
AWAY from their school books can re-
member the time when. except tor .
fringe Of settlements along the coasts.
the great continent Of Africa as 1t ap-
peared ON the maps was unmarked by
river, mountain, lake or town. Inc
school maps were not more blank
In this respect than was human
knowledge generally. and though Liv'
In gstone gave to the world ONE idea
Of the mysteries Of that unknown
region, it has been only . few years
since it was known that from sea to
sea Africa embraces hundreds Of mill.
ions Of human beings. the majority OF
whom have no conception of ciyiliza-
ton. and no religion save that OF
fetichism. The efforts of a few ma
tons to open up commerce with these
tribes have attracted wide attention,
as is natural enough, where's as the more
Jealous and daring attempts OF many
missionaries to. carry Christianity to
them have been almost unnoticed.
The commercial instinct is strong in
these days. but it is to be said to the
honor of the churches that it has not
vet carried men to death, as zeal for
the salvation of souls has done. Beset
BY dangers from ferocious beasts and
scarcely less ferocious men. in a couu-
try untrodde on as yet by the foot OF a
white man. where disease and
death Turk on every hand. there
are no substantial barriers to Christian
unity in that region. The mis-
sionar;cs work together SO far az is
possible, and in the presence Of COM
mon perils readily agree upon a COM
non creed. non-essentials being won-
derfully narrowed down by the magni-
tude Of the work and the risk of prose-
cutting it,
The forerunuers Of commerce are
beaten back occasionally. and for long
periods of time are inactive. but not so
with the bearers of the Gospel mes
sage. They fall only to die, and their
successors press on as before. 'Tell
the King" said Bishop Harrington.
as he lay dying of many spear thrusts,
'that l have purchased life for him
and his people" There is no humor
in such a scene as this. The missions
aries who are waging this unequal
warfare believe what they teach, and
by comparison with the cautious move
ments Of the emissaries of trade their
heroism stands out luminous and beau
uful in au age grown sordid and skep-
dcal. Chicago Herald.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-30
NAUGHTY EDNA

Tho True Story Of . Little Girl Who Didn't
Want the Old Cat 'Boaslns" Her.
Edna was naughty one day. very
naughty. indeed, for such a little girl as
she. l do not like to tell about II. In the
first place. she did not mind, and then
she struck her mamma. Only think Of it!
Mamma looked at her little daughter
sadly. "You must 60 into the closet,
and stay there until you can be a good
GIRL" said she.
Then Edna began to cry as loud al
she could cry; but she took her little
cricket and went into the closet, just
the same. It was a dark closet when
the door was shut, but mamma didn't
quite shut the door. Edna kept on
crying, however.
my child" said mamma, pretty soon,
II want you to be more quiet"
Naughty Edna cried all the louder.
Didn't you hear me?" asked
mamma Il want you to stop crying
IlIIS IuillutCs .. ...t' ... #.
But Edna didn't pay the least bit Of
attention. She went on crying even
louder yet, if such a thing were pos
sible. Mamma hardly knew what to
think, because, you see. Edna Is
usually a very good little girl.
Then mamma began to count slowly,
DINA t,uo khuroo fr,,rS
But before she got to ten, something
funny happened. The old gray kitty,
who had all this time been lying quiet
ly before the fire, suddenly jumped up
and walked straight into the closet.
She caught Edna's wrist between her
fore-paws. and bit and scratched it.
not very hard. of course. but quite
hard enough to surprise and brighten
the little girl into keepi ng as still Is a
mouse for as much as q minute. Then
the old kitty walked back to the mat
before the fire, and curlcd herself
down for another nap; and not until
then did Edna find her voice again.
20 mammal sobbed she. 20 nam.
ma, I will be goodr
"very WE'LL" said mamma, trying
hard not to smile; '.you may come
out"
So out of the closet the little girl
came, and rushed straight into nam.
mas arms.
IL will DO good" she sobbed
again; ''but-but l don't want that
old cat bossing me round all the time.
mammal"
Mamma laughed then; she couldn't
help it
Then you mustn't be naughty,
DEAR" she said.- Youths Companion
The Alaska mission authoritics
have determined to allow no language
to be spoken by the Indian pupils but
the English.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-30
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS
4 YOUNG FLv.

(BaAsd on ~ French PToss.)
A heaAstronR end needless young ny
with her mother was walking ono oaSs
On the wall Of Q chimney, close BY
Where . kettle was boiling ava
mo motAer,~ preparing TO start
70 visit . n~eighboring pane,
where she was, while the two were apszA
Directed her child to remain.
.Ruut xhy.~ she vas asked In . pet
"Do Won make mo stay quietly hereF'
arm afraid" she replied, you might got
sToo nesr yonder vessel. my dear."
.rnere couldn't 10 danger At Ill
That kettle for me 10 dy round" n
my dear you would into 1t fall
And there would y stranglcd ana drowned
swhy. ma what queer notions you've gosi
Now. though I should venture TO 30
Right over that stesming old pot
What risk would there be, lot mo kpowr'
NV experience, darling, has been
CTfs the vspor that does 1t, no douDV
That all who 90 near 1t get In,
And never DO any got out"
The mother, believing she'd said
sunacient her child to restrain,
With q whiz and . buz swiftly spec
TO meeting OF dies on the pane.
But the younger ono only did laugh.
Declaring the aged and staid
Were always too careful by hall,
Because they themselves were AFRAID
SNOW haven't I wingsy' she went on:
Cant I fly II there's cause for alarm!
And must I, when mamma Is gone.
Neved stir lest I get into harms
I'll just take . short little swing.
And see II there's danger or moi"
So she did, and was scarce on the wing
Ere she tumbled straight into the pot
But the hy, 30 unheeding and Wild,
Had time, before dying. to say:
Unhappy, unhappy the child
Who will not its parents obeyr' H
Rev. r. b. Strong, In Golden Days.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-30
wAMTEp REFERgNoE

| How Q C0l0r0d Merchant Less . GOo0 SnO
Prompt-P Paying Customer.
A negro who had bought several
small articles in q store operated by q
.leading colored merchant" turned to
the tradesman and said:
..Hole on er mint, sab, fore yer wrap
up dem goods"
well. f" replied the merchant, paus-
ing and looking inquiringly at his Gus.
toner. "what is it?"'
.Fo' l take desc heah goods ]
wants ter know if yer ken gin me
r~efuncesY
"Refunces 1" exclaimed the mer-
chant.
.'Yas, %refunces In regard to yer spec
erbiiity, sah."
wall, I'll swar,'' said the merchant.
"dis niger is ernnff to take er mans
| bref.'
Il amt gwine ter take yourn, femme
tell yer, lessen I notices er powerful
i%mprubement ober whut it wuz when J
| got er Whit O. it jes now, but dat amt
neder ober heah nur ober dar. WANTS
yer to gin me %refunces ur I KANT take
desc heah artickles."
'Oh, yer wants me ter warrant dc
goods. does yerf"
II doan keer nuthin' bout de goods,
l wants refunces bout yerse'f, OATS
whut l wants. luther day, when I
mubed ter dis heah place an wanted
ter rent er house er bald-headed mig.
ger wild er face like a rusty wash pot
hoped up, he did, and axed me Of I
had refunce. .Heah's my rsfunce, SEE
/, gwine down in my jeens an fetchin'
out de money. oh. l doan doubt bout
de money says he. but yer know we
mus hab refunces consarnin' yer
speckerbility.' Den l tole him dat ]
want de pusson whut he wuz lookin'
arter, an I bowed ter him, I did, an
bid him er pleasant ebenin'. Den I
'cluded dat l would boa'd err while. I
foun' or place dat pleased me mon
strous fine an tole my wife
ter 60 on up ter de room, when
er yaller niger dat put me in
mine o n O. desc yere fros'-bit
| shanghais axed me fer rcfunce. Dat
made me so ashy dat l wanted ter
fight right dar, I did, but wife she
lowed dat we'd better 60 of down
town an git suthin t'eat, an e. I did
happen ter be sorter haungry, l let
her drag me erway rum de yaller
scroundrel dat l wuz eetchin' ter
knock down an tromp under desc yer
feet. All desc p'ints opened my eyes
ter de fact dat in dis yere white mans
town er pusson could'n' do no bizness
lessen he could give refunce. an ]
wuz so much tuck wild de idee dat Use
gwine ter hol' ter it; so now, eff yer
wants ter do bizness wild me, whar's
yer ~refunce?"
"All dat doan' fit my case. I'm er
merchun and whut I sells"
.Gwine ter gin me de refuncep"
II say de goods speaks"
.Gwine ter gin me dat r~efuncel"
II understan' bizness as we'll ez any
body, an when I sells er lot o
goods"
II axed yer is yer gwine ter gin me
do r%efunce."
my bizncss 'tegrity-"
Oats er nuff," said the customer.
Il sees dat yer is spicious o yer own
caracker, an dat settles it wild me.
Jes' put dem goods back dar, an
when yer caracker prubes so much
dat yer ken ford ter gin mi er refunce.
I'll take 'em. Good day, sah."-Ar.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-30
HIS "CoUNTRY FRIENDS"

Thu Good Fortune which Grew Out Of
Johns Well. Directed Pollteness.
John Harvey had been a clerk in a
country store In Vermont since he was
fifteen years old, and he was now
twenty. He had been reared and ed
ucated by his mother, who was no
longer very young when John was
born, and consequently entering upon
the intirmities Of old age when her
boy had arrived at the years Of a
hood. Her husband was long since
dead.
John was a handsome country lad,
active. obliging and courteous. These
qualities attracted the attention OF .
New York merchant who was spend
ing a summer month in Vermont, and
he offered him a situation in his store.
Although Johns mother knew how
more than lonely she would be without
her boy, she felt how valuable this
chance would prove to him, and SO
gave her consent to his going.
Il know my boy will not forget his
mother" she said. "And n thing,
my child" she added. 'let me impress
upon you. You will be surrounded by
giddy fellow-clerks, many who will
look with contempt upon humbly-clad
people who come to buy, and only
serve them with neutrality-suspicious.
rudeness. Never forget your mother,
and that the humblest woman may be
somebody's dear old mother. And re-
member. too, what you have many
times read in your school reader. that
Appearances are often deceiving,' and
that a well-flled purse may lie in the
pocket OF a rusty coat"
That was the mothers advice, and II
turned out that John needed it The
great iron dry-goods shop in Broad
way, with its white facade and count
ers inside heaped high with marvellous
fabrics. was indeed a change to John.
and the richly and astonishly dressed
women in great contrast to the country
danes in sun. bonnets and bingham
gowns that he had been accus-
toned to serve. But now and
then came customers from the
country; there was no installing
them. Their dresses had a homemade
look and their bonnets utterly lacking
the peculiar audacity Of city hats.
They preferred their requests In a tim
id way, as if feeling lost and strange,
and uncertain il they had any business
in so grand a shop; the clerks snubbed
them or were insolent. But to John
the country faces were always pleas.
ant, and he was invariably so notice.
ably kind to rural customers that his
counter very soon became the center
of country custom. His fellow-clerks
would sing out. when there was an ap'
pearance Of country cousins" "Cus.
toners for you, Harveyr' or. Here
come some Of arvey's friends"
But one day the country women
missed the Every obliging clerk" and
upon inquiry were told that he had
been transferred to the cloak depart.
ment. Very Welt one old lady who
had a young girl with her said sht
wanted to buy a cloak. So upstairs
they went-a quaint-looking pair tina
set the clerks in giggle
and they slyly winked ant
blinked at each other as they
sent round the password: Harvey
friends" Good luck to you. Har
vey," laughed one. "Now's you,
chance to get rid Of those last year,
beaver sacquesl May be they will g
as high as ten dollars!'
But if the old lady and her niece hat
been dowager and princess. they could
not have been more courteously treat
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-30

The Alaska mission authorities
have determined to allow no language
to be spoken by the Indian pupils but
the English.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-09-11
The Bath Gi I In Vienna.


Bath houses five stories high. Every
body here really washes by the bath and
not by the bedroom washhasin. Went to
one. Girl cashier. Took my money
Turned me over TO another girl. Black
eyed. Good looking Went in with me.
Turned on water hot and cold. Both of
us waited for the tub 10 fill up Won
dered il she'd leave Strange country.
Novel customs. Tub fills up Girl leaves.
Examine door. No lock. Took off col
lar. Girl bursts in again. Brought more
towels. And then aprons. Wondered
what they were for, Found out. In
quired Of the girl. What 90 you suppose
Te put Ou-oDe behind, the other before,
and still in while, after using the hot
water, the girl came back TO turn on the
cold. No handling of water by customer
in VieDneSe hath. Girl must do it all.
No such place as Vienna known in Aus
tria. Austrian name, Wien.
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is that people will persist in thinking that
things themselves are more important than
how you say them.
The trouble with lots of cats is that they
don't get enough dreamless sleep these
August nights.
The trouble with milliners is that the
women-folks don't get 50 enthusiastic over
their bills as they do over their bonnets.
The trouble with the office boy is very
often that he has got an assailant.
The trouble with Julius Cesar is that
he is dead.
The trouble with the Chicago Anarch-
lists is that they are living.
The trouble with the average wife 10
that Der husband is much more prodigAl
with bis protestations Of affection than be
is vito his money, and that be doesn't
waste much Of either unless be wants .
button sewed on.
The trouble with the average husband is
that he knows his wife knows he isn't 20
big man as be wants the world TO think
he ia
The trouble with the minstrel IS that
the newspaper paragraph writer's steal all
his best Jokes and then cry Chestnut
when he repeats them.
The trouble with newspaper paragraph
writers is vice versa.
The trouble with people generally is that
they can't always have what they want,
and they seldom think they want what
they have; that they see their own vir-
tines and other peoples vices without
msgnifying glass, and turn the telescope
the wrong end to when they look at their
own vices and other peoples virtues; that
they grumble when things 60 wrong in
stead of going TO work to make things
90 right; that they cry over spilled milk
when in all probability the milk has all
the water that it can stand already.
The trouble with continuing this sort Of
thing all through The paper-but there's
no trouble in that. The trouble will be in
getting folks to read it.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-09-11

There is no pretext for the contention
that it is private property. The guilds aud
companies for centuries have beeS the City
of London. The whole of this NNst prop
erty should be handed over on the Seation
of a municipality for London, fC, the
benefit of the people OF L'nOon.
IL should be expended in
aid of the education OF the pOoter
Glasses, in establishing high schools. eNb-
billions at the universities, technlca! edn,
cation, support otpublic libraries, aoquisi-
ton and maintenance Of open spaces, pen
sion funds for decayed artisans and Others,
extension OF hospital accommodation and
the training of nurses, in aid of prOvidelt
institutions. and the promotion OF TIN
physical welfare OF the people, and Other
known objects OF public utility, aud moi
sunk in the capaciOus pockets and stom
achs of the rich gourmands who now de
your the largest share an dole out suns
TO this sGd that charity with an ostentatloI
calculated TO lead the unwary into the he
lief that il is their OWh iaoaey they ar
generously giving away.
RoBERT p. PORTER.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-09-11

The number of hyerymen il known eX-
actly; and the aggregate was, according to
the latest attainable statistics, 1919. OF
this number, about 1850 comprise the
courts OF the companies This 1900
form the essence Of the livery companies of
London. They have the patronage, they
administer the trust, they absolutely con-
troll the large funds, aud they decide what
shall be done with the millions OF money
which annually roll into the Golfers Of
these opr.-ut corporations. Every year
these
CORPORATIONS BECOME MORE EXCLUSIVE.
Professional men, rich men. merchants,
bankers members Of Parliament, and even
princes 0f the blood secure membership,
aud have hand in the
expenditures OF these funds. A mem
Der following the craft or trade
indicated by the name OF the
company would be a curiosity, an impOssi-
bility. Yet tho charters which make these
companies what they are distinctly set
forth that the companies shall be composed
of members Oi given trade, and are legally
compelled 20 admit members Of 1t. Yet
they aduit members irrespective OF trade,
and impose restrictions on those who are
admissible, admission by patrimOny has
tended 10 place the power in the hands OF
a clique or ring. Where q family cOntin-
usS prosperous from generation to genera
ton It acquires u position OF considerable
importance on the cuurt and livery OF a
company. hunS OF one instance, that OF
the Mercers Company, the court OF which
Is recruited ,l,m livery Of ~. on which
certain a.llj;io, are represented by rs many
Is niue or ten members.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-09-11
I.iIckN RDston

At the last dsswing Of the Louisiana
State Lottery held in sew Orleans June
IA. New England was especially iaSored
by the blind goddess, as parts of both the
second grand prize of 500, 600 and of the
fourth prize OF S25, $50, as well as q great
number OF smaller pirzes, were drawn by
tickets held in Maine aad Massachusetts,.
Mr. A B. Clark and Mr.. L }. TuG.n. oil
this city each held portion of the ticket
that drew the fourth grand prize, and each
sre norrespondingly elated.-Boston Mass j.
Co,y{sr JEly >
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-09-11

I'm bricr the scandal OF these companies,
a they exist, Is that although an internal
part Of the corporation of London, they abb
s,lutrly refuse TO he governed by laws APP
plicablr to publIc bodies. That the prop
ertv they cuut5ol and use, and refuse to
give an acrouut Of a public trust prop,
erty. much cf i. available for municipal
purposes. The companies utterly dlSre.
gard the fact that they are trustees OF vast
estates. OF which London tradesmen and
artisans ought 10 be the benehcIaries
The estates applicable to charitable uses
aye mlSmauag,d. and large sums wasted IN
the most eytrayactnt entertainments and
ieasting. ThcGgb Incorporated TO bent ht
trade, To tram artisans and TO vspress bad
workmanship, they perform none OF these
functions
What il the annual income Of these com
panies 1t the present time? The companies
themselves admitted, some years ago,
under pressure of a Royal Commission, Ia
$1,000, UUU. hut competent authorities say
it far exceeds =. 600, OOO per annum. About
81 $40. con Of this amount arises from trust
property, a-d should he applied in accord
AnCe with
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-09-11
Rrace Up.

You are feeling depressed, your appetite
is poor, you are bothered with Headache,
yOu are idgety, nervous, and generally out
Of sorts, and want 10 brace IN. Brace IN,
but not with stlmulants, spring medicines,
or bitters, which have for their basis very
cheap, bad whisky, and which stimulate
you for an hour, and then leave you in a
worse condition than before. What You
want is ID alternative that viii purify your
blood, start healthy action Of Liver and
Kidneys, restore your vitality, and give
renewed health and strength. Such q
medicine you will find in Electric Bitters,
and only so cents bottle at Logan & Co. g
Drug Store.
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rhe,r Rualn1ss Booming.

Probably no one thing has caused such a
general revival OF trade at Logan x Co. s
drug store as their giving away to their
customers OF so many free trial bottles OF
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
tioa. Their trade is simply enormous In
this very valuable Rrticlefrom the fact that
il always cures and never aisappoints.
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, tEsaF,
aud all throat and lung diseases quickly
cured. You can test it before buying by
getting trial bottle free, large size s..
Every bottle warranted.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-09-11

! have been ioa several years q sufferer
from Hay Fever and severe head colds and
have tried other remedies in hope Of get
ting relief, but have found none that can
compare with Ely's Cream Balm. Iwould
not be without it for any consideration. 1t
is simply wonderful in its effect upon the
naral organs
S. II. BURTT, Wilmington, N. C.
can cheerfully recommend Ely's Cream
Balm to the suffering public for Hay Fever
and stoppage Of the air passages. / have
tried it and find it gives immediate relief
J. E. RECTOR,
aOs Rock Street, Little Rock, Ark.
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public. have increased their gifts. Walter
Besant got 800, 900 for his Palace Of De
lights" and / am told that George K. Sims
is to have like amount To relieve the
poverty N southampton. But this is
merely disgorging part Of the spoils in
hope of stemming public Indignation.
The people of London are entitled
to the use OF every dollar
Of this money. 1t has been left from time
TO time sacred trust Tor the benefit of the
tradesmen and artisans, and the poor OF
London. The growth and progress OF
London, not the men who hold this prop
erty, has increased its value. It's total
value cannot be far short of $50 900, 900,
and it ought to be = perpetual fund for the
benefit and aggrandizemert OF all London
The guilds and companies were established
for public and municipal purposes.
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Ruoklen's Araieo Sslye.

The best salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheun, FeTe
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corps I'D all the Skin Eruptions, and
positively cures Piles, or no pay required.
II Is guaranteed 10 give satisfaction OF
money refunded. Price q cents per box.
rRor sala nv TOOan n Go
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Nc wuIs IL rnErorNDERs.

This fund arises from about |, 100 beneiac-
tious. the earliest running back to the
fourteenth century About three. quarters
of this trust aEi-ss from rents and rent
charges. and the other quarter from dIyl-
bends. This property has been left at
various time. t"g various purposes; some
OF which are COW obsolete or lmpractlcable
For instance, testator IN 1900 would
leave a few cottages with an annual rent OF
$50, for the purpose Of keeping his grave
in order, or for rasin& annual masses for
his soul; and the hai1nce 10 he gwen 10
the poor uaidS OF the parish. OF for the
relief OF the inmates of debtors prisons,
or for "tbe poor widows Of the parish, OF
TO start Young men in business